Trifle is a layered dessert made with fruit, custard, whipped cream, jam, and cake. This recipe puts an American spin on the classic English trifle and replaces most of the ingredients with brownies and chocolate pudding. The one ingredient shared by both dishes is whipped cream. The word “trifle” comes from the French term trufle, which means something whimsical or of little consequence.
Recipe Servings: 10
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
30 minutes
Total Time
45 minutes
Vegetarian
Vegan
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Kosher
Halal
Ingredients
-
brownies
- Nonstick cooking spray, as needed to grease pans
- 2 packages (17½ oz each) nestle toll house brownies & more chocolate baking mix with semi-sweet chocolate morsels
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 6 Tbsp water
-
chocolate pudding
- 2 packages (3.9 oz each) instant chocolate fudge pudding mix
- 4 cups cold milk
-
whipped cream
- 4 cups heavy cream, very cold
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- Chocolate shavings, as needed for garnish
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Grease two 8 x 8-inch baking pans using nonstick cooking spray.
- Stir together the brownie mixes, eggs, oil, and water in a large bowl until blended.
- Stir in ⅔ cup of the morsels.
- Spread the batter equally and evenly into the prepared pans.
- Bake the brownies for 10 minutes.
- Remove brownies from the oven and sprinkle the remaining morsels on top of the batter.
- Bake brownies for an additional 20–25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let the brownies cool completely on a wire rack before cutting.
- Pour the milk into a large bowl.
- Add the instant pudding mixes and beat with a whisk or electric mixer for 2–5 minutes or until thickened.
- Chill the pudding in the refrigerator until needed to assemble trifle.
- Combine the sugar, heavy cream, and vanilla extract in a large bowl and whisk until stiff peaks form.
- Chill the whipped cream in the refrigerator until needed to assemble the trifle.
- Cut the brownies into small squares.
- Place a layer of brownies on the bottom of a trifle dish.
- Top the brownies with ⅓ of the whipped cream.
- Spread half of the pudding over the whipped cream.
- Place another layer of brownies on top of the whipped cream layer.
- Top the brownies with ⅓ of the whipped cream.
- Spread the remaining pudding over the layer of whipped cream.
- Top the layer of pudding with the remaining whipped cream.
- Sprinkle chocolate shavings over the top of the trifle.
- Serve immediately or chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
Chocolate Pudding
Whipped Cream
Assembly
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